Cadel Evans was a terrible descender simply because he was descending on pavement as he would on the dirt: keeping his bodyweight over the frame, essential to retaining traction in dirt, yet impractical on the road.

Cant argue much with the list, the famous chase back by Canc was to a tempo peleton and through the team cars.
Cars on those hairpins are almost stationary at times. So although it looks great in reality it wasn't the most difficult chase.

cavendish would argue the great descending takes place at the back of the peloton so they can make the time cut, but this isn't covered by the cameras. By all accounts, Sean Yates was a demon but not to win the race but to be in the valley to take the wind for his leader.

cavendish would argue the great descending takes place at the back of the peloton so they can make the time cut, but this isn't covered by the cameras.

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Cav is probably one of the best descenders. Sprinters tend to have that "no fear" assistance and they're used to handling their bikes at high speed. The back of the bunch is the place to watch on descents as people try and chase back on.

Vincenzo Nibali is the other name that crops up a lot when roadies talk about good descenders.